Working my way through Hitchens' "Love, Poverty & War" on the advice of a friend of mine who's a Hitch devotee. So far it's interesting, but Churchill. Kipling, and Trotsky don't grab my interest too firmly...

Oh Julia Child... My DD1 is working her way through 'the art of' atm. Thankfully not having easy access to a car at the times that either of the 'proper' butchers are open currently curtails her plans to cook anything 'too' interesting. She did a daube over a campfire last weekend though 0-0

The book 'Cooking in a Bedsitter' by Katherine Whitehorn is worth a read as well.

(confession - I have a cookbook in the works, and own more than are probably healthy...)

10, 000th recomendation for The City & The City by Mr Miéville. I picked it up whilst I was in another town waiting for an interview late Wednesday afternoon having noted its name several times during last year's thread and quite liking the synopsis on the back cover. Finished it last night and cursed myself for not having picked up any of his other books when I had the chance (I live in a tiny town that is probably best described as a cultural black-hole- no bookshops here).

Not sure what to read next, but considering making the long trip back to Preston just so I can pick up some more Miéville books... and maybe some Gibson, oh, also the last few Robert Rankin books... and I saw a nice copy of Grandville right next too [cut]

@StefanJ Thanks for the tip. I was wondering where to start with the others as I recognised at least three titles from the threads here, but couldn't remember what had been said about any of them other than, The City & The City. I'll order it next time I get paid.

I'm chipping away at the 1100 pages of Neal Stephenson's 'Reamde'. Really enjoying this cyber thriller so far (real world and online crime clash), even if its plot revolves around some very big coincidences.

Blankets was finally published in my country (a major newspaper gave it 5stars and a 2 page article on their literature section) and it made me want to revisit it. I shouldn't be doing it because the book makes me gloomy in the end and i'm gloomy enough right now.I also have 2 volumes of Bórgia by Jodorowsky and Manara from the library waiting to be read.